Cultural differences in geographic mobility readiness among business management students in Germany and Spain ahead of graduation

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dc.contributor.authorMabunda Baluku, Martin
dc.contributor.authorGroh, Janna
dc.contributor.authorDalbert, Claudia
dc.contributor.authorOtto, Kathleen
dc.date.accessioned2022-12-26T22:08:41Z
dc.date.available2022-12-26T22:08:41Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractGiven the increased internationalization of organizations and economies of scale concentrated in urban centers, graduates are often expected to relocate for their first job. Based on Hofstede’s model and Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB), we examine the effects of cultural dimensions (individualism-collectivism and uncertainty tolerance) as well as subjective norms (parents’ and peers’ attitudes towards geographic mobility) on readiness for geographic job-related mobility in samples of German and Spanish business management students ahead of graduation from university. The study involved administering a survey questionnaire to 273 thirdand fourth-year business management students of two large universities (one in Germany and another in Spain). Cross-cultural measurement invariance of the measures was confirmed, allowing for comparison of scores across the groups. We found that German students had generally a larger geographical mobility, whose readiness was predicted by parents’ and peers’ perceived attitude and uncertainty tolerance. Readiness for geographic mobility was also higher when social or material incentives are offered, yet geographic mobility readiness for career incentives and for social incentives was predicted by vertical individualism and horizontal collectivism, respectively. This study is one of the first to examine geographic mobility readiness among undergraduate management students in the two countries, who by nature of their training are expected to be mobile. The study also shows the differential effects of sub-dimensions of the Hofstede cultural dimensions.en_US
dc.identifier.citationBaluku, M. M., Groh, J., Dalbert, C., & Otto, K. (2021). Cultural differences in geographic mobility readiness among business management students in Germany and Spain ahead of graduation. SN Social Sciences, 1(7), 1-31. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43545-021-00171-0en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s43545-021-00171-0
dc.identifier.urihttps://nru.uncst.go.ug/handle/123456789/6616
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSN Social Sciencesen_US
dc.subjectCultural differencesen_US
dc.subjectGeographic mobilityen_US
dc.subjectIndividualism-collectivismen_US
dc.subjectUncertainty toleranceen_US
dc.subjectSubjective normsen_US
dc.titleCultural differences in geographic mobility readiness among business management students in Germany and Spain ahead of graduationen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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